Details
Part of the BBC Proms. Following Beethoven's ?Choral' Symphony on the opening night of the London Olympics (Prom 18), the closing night sees another choral blockbuster. Schoenberg's medieval love-tragedy is an early masterpiece in which his late-Romantic voluptuousness attains a radiant C major sunrise apotheosis. Augmenting substantial BBC forces, Jiri Belohlavek welcomes two guest choirs. An impressive international solo line-up is headed by New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill as Waldemar, the cursed king. German soprano Angela Denoke makes her Proms debut as Tove and Swedish mezzo-soprano Katarina Karneus returns as the voice of the Wood-Dove. There will be no interval. Finish time approx. 21:50
Cast/Performers
Angela Denoke (soprano),
Simon O'Neill (tenor / Waldemar),
Katarina Karneus (mezzo soprano / Wood-Dove),
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (tenor / Klaus the Fool),
Neal Davies (bass-baritone / Peasant),
Wolfgang Schone (speaker)
Creatives/Company
Company(s):
BBC Singers,
BBC Symphony Chorus,
Crouch End Festival Chorus,
New London Chamber Choir,
BBC Symphony OrchestraConductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
